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Titles for web pages in your web site

Now let’s go back to the Navigation View in FrontPage 2003 and “name” our web pages.  We’ll be doing the following process frequently, so it’s good to make sure that you understand the process of moving from one program to another.  At the bottom of your screen there is an area which shows/indicates what programs are active. This is called the Task Bar.  Since we are using FrontPage 2003, as well as a browser [in our case we’re using Microsoft Internet Explorer].  Your Task Bar should look similar to the one below.

FrontPage 2003                                                                                                                Internet Explorer                                                                                             

The icon for FrontPage 2003 has a white arrow on blue (icon on left).   The icon on the right is for Microsoft Internet Explorer and indicates that it is “New Page 3.”  If you are unsure which icon is which, you can “move” your cursor over an icon, pause on it for a few moments, and text help will appear to indicate the name of the program (e.g. FrontPage, etc.).  Click-on the Microsoft FrontPage 2003 icon (indicated by the arrow above) to return to FrontPage 2003. In the upper left corner of the screen it should indicate that you are in FrontPage 2003 (like below). 

If you’re not in the FrontPage 2003, try again. 

When you return to the FrontPage 2003, make sure that you are in the Folders view.  You should see a view similar to the one below.  Click-on the Web Site tab at the top of the screen,

Then, click-on the Folders button at the bottom of the screen.

Along the left side, of the Folders screen, under the Name column, you see the “web page names (index.htm, new_page_1, etc.)” for each page.  Under the Title column you see the Names as shown in the Navigation web page “boxes (index.htm, New Page 1, etc.).”  When we rename the pages the “new” names will appear in the Title column.  So let’s get started. 

Click-on the Navigation button in the bar at the bottom of your screen to return to our Navigation View of all the web pages.

Carefully, click once lightly on the title (index.htm) in the Home Page box.  The box will turn blue once again.  Now click lightly on the title in the Home Page box (index.htm) one more time and wait a few moments.  The title will now be highlighted in blue. Your image should look like the one on the right.

In a Windows program this indicates that you are able to edit the text.  You may start typing immediately.  What you type will replace index.htm, or you can also delete the text and then type.  For now, type-in your first name (with an apostrophe) and then an “s,” and then the words Home Page (we’ve typed-in the name of two persons who have assisted wonderfully with these tutorials).  When you are finished, tap the Enter key. 

Now click-on View in the Menu bar and then click-on Refresh.  This will “update” your changes to the index.htm page.

Click-on the Folders button in the bar at the bottom of your screen. 

You will see that the Title of the page has changed to your name.  Your “box” in the organization chart, and in the Title column, should look similar to those below.

Now we’ll place some titles in the other “boxes.”  We’ll use some “basic” titles for a general personal web.  Once you get the idea of this, you can change the titles to anything you desire, add more pages, etc.

Return to Navigation view by clicking-on the Navigation button again.

For each page type-in the following:

·        New Page 1:  About Me 

·        New Page 2:  About My Family 

·        New Page 3:  My Hobbies

·        New Page 4:  Type-in the name of a hobby

·        New Page 5:  Type-in the name of another hobby

When you have completed these titles, click-on View in the Menu bar and then click-on Refresh. 

Navigation view should look like the left image below.  Click-again on the Folders button again.  The Folders View should look like the one on the lower right. 

Let’s look at what we’ve accomplished by looking at your web pages in the browser.  We’ll repeat what we did previously.  You should be in FrontPage 2003 Navigation view. So, click-on the Navigation button again. 

To “see” what your site looks like on the World Wide Web double click-on quickly on the Your Home Page icon.  Or, you can also click the right mouse button while the cursor is on the Home Page and, when the menu appears, left click on Open.  This will load the Home Page in Microsoft Page Design View.  

In Design View, click-on the browser button in the button bar.  Or, you can click-on File in the Menu bar and then click-on Preview in Browser.

Your pages may not open your browser (like before), so if your browser does not open, look in the Task Bar at the bottom of your screen.  Your browser button should be “flashing” blue.  If it is click-on it.

Click around your web site.  You will notice that FrontPage 2003 has automatically changed all of your pages and buttons.